spider’s web

noun
🔊/ˈspaɪdəz web/
🔊/ˈspaɪdərz web/
(especially British English)
(also spiderweb
🔊/ˈspaɪdəweb/
🔊/ˈspaɪdərweb/
especially in North American English
)
(also web)
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  1. a fine net of thread made by a spider to catch insects蜘蛛网
    • (figurative) to be caught in a spider’s web of confusion陷入混乱不堪的局面
    see also cobweb